REVIEW
Introduction:
Final Fantasy VII a game thats legacy proceeds it it has been circling the gaming world for 16 years spreading across multiple generations with a fan base as loyal as you can get the game has spawned multiple sequels and a movie as well as being one of if not the best of what is widely considered the best games of all time the game has been seen played and enjoyed by many different generations of gamer over several formats and styles and the words still live with some gamers to this day many mysteries still surround the game and even some of the best myths still surround it but is this game acutally as good as you have heard or is it just another hyped up fantasy that will disappoint 16 years on i will review this game in its entirety
Story:
The story in Final Fantasy VII is one of legend a story of love and loss and adventure you play as the Ex Soldier Cloud Strife a war hardened veteran turned mercenary who will do anything as long as the price is right from the get go you are thrust head first into the story meeting another central character Barret Wallace a foul mouthed man on a mission to save the planet from the evil Shinra Electric Power company who are sucking the planet dry of the life energy known as Mako at the very beginning you help Barret's activist group Avalanche destroy one of Shinra's Mako Reactors and from there on its all action along your journey you will meet several characters Tifa Lockheart another member of Avalanche and also Cloud's chilhood friend Aeris Gainsbourgh the beautiful kind flower girl who only wants to live in peace and make sure everyone is ok Barrets Daughter Marlene Wallace Red XIII or Nanaki a proud wolf who looks to regain the honer to his family and make his grandfather proud Cid Highwind the Mechanical genius whos only dream is to reach for the stars and one day to get into space he holds a personal grudge against the Shinra for discontinuing there space programme before he had the chance to go to space Cait Sith the cuddly toy Cat who you will find out his back story as you progress through the game Vincent Valentine a former member of Shinra's Special task force The Turks after taking a nap for about 20 years in the basement of the Shinra mansion he joins your group in order to wash away his sins Yuffie Kusinagi the plucky thiefe who is just looking for the prized magic jewels Materia the story spirals to the point where you meet Sephiroth a war hardened psychopath who is hell bent on making the planet his ship to find the promis land with his mother Jenova the story takes many twists and turns love and loss that keeps the player going back for more and more without the story ever becoming repetative
Game Play:
The game play in Final Fantasy VII is one of a tried and true system with a turn based RPG element that allows for players to select and carefully plan out there battles along with a deep customization option with multiple weapons Armour accessories and of course the ability to equipped and level up your magic items Materia there is literally hundreds of materia in the game all of different effects they are seperated into colors Red - Summons , these allow you to summon magical creatures for epic effect such as old fan favorite characters Bahamut , Ifrit and Shiva
Purple - Support, these come in different effects not all battle based some allow you to breath underwater others increase your health some allow you to catch the fan favorite bird the Chocobo and other effects
Yellow - Ability , these are used to add to your move selection with the likes of Sense that let you track your enemies health and weaknesses or Enemy Weapon which allows you to copy an enemy attack once learned
Green - Magic these are the standard Magic callings Fire , Ice , Thunder etc which can all be leveled up to deal more damage more quickly
Blue- Mutli-Effect , while there are not as many of these in the game there are the ones that people know such as Quick Attack , Quadra Magic and All which comes in handy in the battle
the gameplay is diverse fun and challenging from the exploration of moutains to swamps to giant cities the RPG element is strong here and the combat is no different adding a strong element of strategy to the mix in order to set your characters up right to make it through to the next area or disk
Design:
The Design for Final Fantasy VII is nothing short of astounding even for 1997 the graphics where of the highest grade running on Square Enix or at the time Squaresoft's newest graphics engine Soft Cell 3D which gave them grater control over there First Attempt at a fully 3D RPG title as well as the PlayStation's Hardware being the strongest avaliable to run it on stunning cut scenes that still hold there charm to this very day as well as a world filled with some very nice pre rendered back grounds like that of Capcom's Resident Evil makes for this world a world you will want to revisit and take it all in more and more
Verdict:
Final Fantasy VII is one of those games whos legacy will out last console after console the game will keep players coming back for more decade after decade with its story that keeps players interested and will keep players discussing it for many years to come the game is one of the greatest and even 16 years on the game is still as good as the day it landed first time round the game is legendary and will be around for a long long time its certainly not going anywhere any time soon
Rating out of 10:
10/10
Legendary Adventure that will keep you coming back if you have never visited Gaia before it is your duty as a gamer to pay a visit to the world of Final Fantasy VII
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